Celebrity

 There is the celebrity culture and we can all fall into it. I do.  It is generally full of pride and some fear.  You are dependent on what others are saying or thinking about you.  This can be me in the pulpit. I might say something really stupid or not in keeping with what people might want to hear. I could preach outside their comfort zone.  Or I could try to be popular, beloved. All this is celebrity culture. Fear and pride rule.  This makes the preaching all about me and not about a Power working through me.  I used to preach about my big sister Maureen so that people would like me and feel sorry for my being the suffering little brother. They all loved Maureen. So now I preach fire and damnation.  Now the people talk about me. I guess that is celebrity of sorts.  Fragile egos are heavy weights to bear.